A study has predicted that Ibiza’s beaches are likely to be destroyed by climate change. Marine scientists have published findings of a report which suggests beaches across the Balearic Islands will be “permanently lost” due to rising sea levels and changing wave patterns. Through mathematical modelling of sea states, sea levels and local geography, it’s[…]
It’s time to become familiar with Lo’renzo To’rez and his soulful music. The talented artist has released several singles that are all different and yet carry a common melancholic love theme. They have the power to throw us back into the cold embrace of memories, ones about love that didn’t work out; and they can[…]
The Pickle Factory has announced its first run of parties for 2022, through until March this year. Artists on the bill include Batu, jungle legend Congo Natty, Young Marco and Francesco Del Garda, who both play all-night sets, and JASSS. You can see the full programme below. Later this month, original resident of six years and[…]
Supporters can watch for free until Sunday night. We’ve teamed up with Norient Film Festival to screen three brand new music documentaries exclusively for Crack Supporters. Our mini film fest includes A Punk Daydream, an intimate portrait of a community of Indonesian street punks who find solidarity with the tattooed Dayak tribe, as seen through[…]
A producer is releasing the first ever album on a Nintendo 64 cartridge. Hamburg-based artist Remute’s latest album, ‘R64’, follows his 2021 “cartridge albums”, ‘Living Electronics’, which came out exclusively for Gameboy, and ’Electronic Lifestyle’ for PC Engine. He’s also previously released music on floppy disks and Sega Genesis. Offering an alternative listening experience to[…]
DGTL has added a third day to its upcoming Amsterdam edition. After a two-year hiatus, DGTL Amsterdam is set to make its return to the NDSM Docklands on 15-17 April 2022. Traditionally taking place over the Easter weekend, this year, the Dutch event is also back with an opening night on the Friday (15 April).[…]
Welcome To The Club: The Life And Lessons Of A Black Woman features contributions from Gilles Peterson, Jamz Supernova, Jaguar, Sonique and more. DJ Paulette has announced her debut book. Entitled Welcome To The Club: The Life And Lessons Of A Black Woman, the title is slated for release in 2023 via Manchester University Press. In[…]
DJ Paulette has announced the release of her first book, Welcome To the Club: The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman DJ. The work will give a candid insight into the 30-year career of DJ Paulette, confronting the exclusion, misogyny, racism and classism she has had to battle along the way as a Black[…]
Pirate have launched their new Project Fund initiative which gives artists free studio time throughout 2022, and applications are now open. The scheme provides opportunities for individual creatives or collectives to gain free access to Pirate’s studios to pursue a new or ongoing project. As well as providing studio space, Pirate promises to promote the[…]
NikNak’s mix for DJ Mag’s Radio 1 Dance residency is available to stream on demand now. Listen to it here, or via the BBC Sounds app. NikNak is an award-winning turntablist, producer and presenter based in Leeds, who is just at home mixing funk and hip-hop as she is dubstep and d&b, and as comfortable[…]
Snoop Dogg has filed a trademark for a “Snoop Doggs” hotdog brand. Following the launch of the legendary West Coast rapper’s gin, INDOGGO, back in 2020, Snoop’s legal team submitted an intent-to-use trademark application for the term “Snoop Doggs” last month at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. According to a report from Billboard, Snoop will use the[…]
Shanghai party crew Scandal have launched a new label with the release of their debut compilation, ‘Alexithymia 述情障碍’. Comprising eight tracks from women producers around China, the compilation features contributions from Laughing Ears, Gouachi, Temple Rat and Scandal co-founder Everlast Phantom, among others. Spanning techno, breaks, experimental electronics and more, ‘Alexithymia 述情障碍’ is described as[…]
A new pressing plant geared towards grassroots music, Press On Vinyl, is set to open in Middlesbrough in the coming months. The company – headed by David Todd, Danny Lowe, and David Hynes – aims to support independent artists and labels, small-run releases, and musicians local to the plant in the North-East. The news comes[…]
Rezz has shared a new track, ‘Menace’. Out now, the track was first teased during her performance at last year’s HARD Summer event, but was left off recent album ‘Spiral’, which was released in November. Fans can now hear the track, which was originally conceived during the sessions for ‘Spiral’, in full, with the track[…]
Kevin Saunderson has remixed Andre Oliva’s recent single ‘Transit’. The Detroit legend’s take on the Swiss artist’s track bring the staccato strings of the original to the forefront. You can hear it in full below. The original track came out in December, and was the third release on Oliva’s recently launched All I Need record[…]
A rare promo cassette copy of Prince’s ‘The Black Album’ has been put up for auction. A listing by the RR Auction house, which is overseeing the sale of the collectors’ item, says the cassette and accompanying album sleeve is a promo copy of the album which dates back to 1987, the year that the[…]
The 35-track record has supposedly been in the works since 2015. A Grimes nightcore album may well be on its way. The former Crack Magazine cover star – who is due to release her Miss Anthropocene follow-up, Book 1, sometime this year – took to social media over the weekend (8 January) to tease another new record[…]
Google launched its ‘Music, Makers & Machines‘ online multi-media exhibition last week to celebrate electronic dance music. Hosted by the Google Arts & Culture platform, the free exhibit details the history of the synthesiser, pioneering artists, legendary music studios, and the evolution of the music and clubbing culture that later followed. It can be accessed[…]
The Weeknd has released his new album, ‘Dawn FM’, just days after announcing its impending arrival. The artist’s fifth album, which he described as “a new sonic universe” in a teaser trailer on Instagram, includes the single ‘Take My Breath’, which was released in August last year. A video for the fifth track, ‘Sacrifice’, also[…]
The essay examines the Japanese alternative scene in the early 2000s and the role of now-defunct gallery and performance space Off Site. Japanese journalist and author Kazue Yokoi has shared an essay as part of the REMAIIN (Radical European Music and its Intercultural Nature) initiative. The project, which launched in 2020, investigates non-European cultural influences on[…]
Calvin Simon, best known for his work as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic, has died, aged 79. News of his passing was revealed by former Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Booty Collins, though no cause of death has yet been made publicly available. Taking to Instagram, Collins wrote: “We lost another Original member of Parliament/Funkadelic. A friend, bandmate[…]
